Railway-rail construction



March 16 ,192

G. W. MULLER RAILWAY RAIL CONSTRUCTION Filed July 9. 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 March 16, 1926. 1.577 285 G. W. MULLER RAILWAY, RAiL CONSTRUCTION eFiled July 1925 2 sheets shee' g Patented Mar.- 16, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT-OFFICE. a

GEORGE w. MULLER, or'wAsHING'roN, nrsrarcr OECOLUIVIBIA.

- RAILWAY-RAIL vconstmaucrioiv.

Application fileu luly 9, 1925. seriai No. 42,540.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Gnoucn "W. MnLLER,

citizen of the- United States, residing at Vvashington, District of Columbia, haveinvented certain new and useful Improve- ;ments in Railway-Rail "Construction, of which the following is aspecific ationh This invention relates to railway rail con struction, and hasfor one of its objects to provide a rail formed of a plurality of parts ing stock, and also capable of being transposed with the same end in view. By this latter arrangement a rail is produced con-- taining four wearing surfaces. 7

With theseand'otherobjects in view the invention consists-incertain novel features of construction as hereinafter shown and described and then specificallyfpointed out in-the claims,-and in the drawings illustrative of the preferred embodiment. of the invention:

Figure 1 is-aside elevation of the confronting portions of a pair of rails con structed in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is a plan-view of a portion of the parts shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a transverse section on the line 3-3 of'Figure'l, looking in the direction of the arrow. r

Figures 4, 5 and 6 are views similar to 'Figure v3, illustrating modificationsin the construction.

The improved rail is preferably formed of steel with a lower or base portion in cluding a tie flange 10 and web portions '11, the latter having a slightly beveled upper terziinal 12,- with the upper portion hardene The wearing portion'of the rail comprises a head 13 and web" 14, the headportion having av longitudinal channel '15 to receive the r tapered head 12 of the web 11, as shown. In the form of the rail illustrated in Figures 1, 2 and 3, head portions- 13 are" shown at each edge of the web 14, and each with a longitudinal channel 15, one head portion bearing uponthe upper face of the tie flange 10, as shown in Figure 3. The

rail portion thusconstructed may/be -reversed to bring either headportion uppermost, and thus present -either head for engagement by the rolling stock.

posed. from one side to the otherof the track,- thus being capable of presenting four separate wearing faces, as the main wear upon the rails is. upon the confronting portions of the heads, and by transposing the head portions, or changing-from one side of the track to the other, each faceof each of the'head portions may be presented for engagement by the rolling stock, and thus materially increase the life and durability of the rails, thereby insuring a materialsaving in freight and handling charges.

At the lower edge of each of the head portions 13 at. each side, a smalllongitudinal outstanding bead 16 is formed.

In'the form of the structure shownin Figures 1, 2, 3,4 and 5, a. clamp plate 17 is applied to the rails opposite each joint,

each plate having a channel at the upper edge to bear overthe adjacent bead16, .and

The two head portions may also be ,trans- 1 bearing at theilower edge upon the upper face of the flange 10. ,7

The web portion 11 is reduced, intermediate the edges wherebyslight shoulders 18 are formed, and each. side of the webs 14 is formed with a longitudinally directed.

bead 16, one of the beads 16 of the head 13, which for the time being is presented downwardly, and adapted to bear upon the. adjacent stop shoulder :as shown in Figures 3 and. 6, and thus materially assist in supporting the head bearing portion of the rail. j r p In the structure shown in Figure 3 an additional clamp plate 20 is. employed with a channel to bear over the adjacent bead 16, and tapered at'the lower edge and engaging thereby in the channel 15 of the head. portion 18 which forthe time being is presented downwardly.

In Figures 4 and 5 the web 14 is shown formed without the'second head portion 13,

resting on the upper face of the tie flange.

In Figure 4 a single clamp plate 17 is emwith" the free edge laterally extended and ploycl, while in Figure 5 an additional clamp plate 23 is providerhthe latter having a longitudinal channel to receive the adja' cent bead 16.

A clamp bolt 21 of the usual construction operates through the clamp plates 17, 20 and 22), and through the webs 11 and l t, and binds the parts firmly together.

Each of the tie flanges it) rests upon a block of wood, or any other suitable ma: terial, while the latter is located on a con crete foundation or support, imlicated couventionally at 25.

The tie flanges 10 are secured to the blocks E24- and the concrete foundation members 25 by clamp members 26 and clamp bolts 27.

The wood blocks 2st serve as cushion elements to receive the concussions, and preventthem from being conducted to the roll ing stock.

The web 14- is formed with a longitudinally directed recess or cavity opposite the reduced portion of the web 11, and disposed within the cavity is a strip of relatively soft wood indicated at 28, the strip extending the full length of each rail, and operates to deaden the sound and absorbs a large portion of the jars and concussions incident to traffic over the rails; the twang of the rails being entirely eliminated by the use of said 3 strip. v

The soft wood strip 28 is entirely concealed within the rail structure, and will not be effected by rain or snow and other dcteriorating elements and will last indefinitely.

By this arrangement the vertical line of strain is directly through the center of the head 13, which for the time being is uppermost, and likewise through the center of the web 11 and tie flange 10, and any tendency to lateral displacement or overturning of the rails is effectually r l" i The coaction between the beads 16, clamp plates 17,20 and 23 and the shoulders 18, is an important feature, and materially in creases the stillness and deflection resisting quality of the rail.

\Vhat iselaiined and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is:-

1. A railway rail, including a tie flange and an luv-standing web, the said web comprising a thicker head portion and a. thicker lower portion adjoining the said rail flange and an intermediate thinner portion extendingbetween the said thicker portions whereby shoulders are formed on both sides of the "ail web at the junction of the said thinner intermediate portion and the said thicker lower portion of the web, a sup flementary rail constructed for arrangement on either side of the web and having a groove adapted to engage the said head of the web, said rail having also a bead fashioned and disposed to engage either of the said shoulders on whichever side of the web the said rail may he placed, and securing means for fastening the said rail and web together.

2. A railway rail, including a tie flange and an upstanding web, the said web comprising a thicker head portion and a thicker lower portion adjoining the said tie flange and an intermediate thinner portion extending between the said thicker portions whereby shoulders are formed on both sides of the web at the junction of the said thinner portion and the said thicker lower portion of the web, a reversible rail constructed for arrangement on either side of the said web, the said rail having a head provided with a groove formed to engage the said head portion of the web, the said rail having beads fashioned and disposed to engage the said shoulders of the web on whichever side of the web the said rail may be placed, a clamping plate, and means for fastening the said plate and rail and web together.

3. A railway rail, including a tieiiange and an upstanding web, the said web con1- prising a thicker head portion and a thicker lower portion adjoining the said tie flange and an intermediate thinner portion extending between said thicker portions whereby shoulders are formed on both sides of the web at the junction of the said thinner portion and the said lower thicker portion of the web, a reversible rail constructed for arrangement on either side of the web, the saidvrail having a head provided with a groove formed to engagethe said head portion of the web, the said rail having beads fashioned and disposed to engage the said shoulders of the said web on whichever side of the web the rail may be placed, a clamping plate for securing the rail and constructed to engage the uppermost head of the all and the said tie flange, and a second clamping plate arranged upon the external side of the rail and constructed to engage one of the beads of the said rail and the groove in the lower head of the rail, and means for fastening said plates and rail and the web together.

-i. A railway rail including a tie flange and an upstanding web, ahead portion having outstanding longitudinally directed beads and a longitudinally directed channel to receive the upstanding web and a depending web portion to bear on the tie flange, a clamp plate bearing against the head portion and against the upstanding web and formed with a longitudinally directed seat to engage over the bead of the head, and means for clamping the parts to ether.

a. A railway rail including a tie flange and an upstanding web, a head portion having outstanding longitudinally directed beads and a longitudinally directed channel to receive the upstanding web and a desides of the head portion and upon opposite sides of the upstanding web and having longitudinally directed seats to engage over the beads of the head, and means for clamping the parts together.

7 6. A railway rail, including a tie flange and an upstanding web thereon, asup1i)lemental invertible and reversible rail having heads constructed to be arranged alternately over and upon the top of the said web and in contact with the said tie flange on either side of the said web, and means for securing the rail to the web in either of its positions with respect to the said web and flange.

7. A railway rail including a tie flange and an upstanding web thereon, a supplemental invertible and reversible rail having heads constructed to be arranged alternately into operative position over and upon the top of the said web, each of the said. heads of the rail having longitudinal beads on both sides of the heads, and means engaging both of the said'beads of the head in operating position for securing the railto the web in either of its positions with respect to the web.

r 8. A railway rail, including a tie flange and an HP-StZLIlCllIlg web thereon, a supplementary rail constructed to be placed in operative position oneither side of the'said Web, the said Web being also constructed for arrangement into a second operative position on either side of thesaid web by inverting the rail, the said rail having two load-carrying heads, the said heads having grooves whereby the head of the rail in operating position engagesthe top of the said Web, and means for securing the said rail to the web in either of the positions of the rail.' I

9. A railway rail, including a tie flange and an upstanding web thereon, a supplementary rail constructed to be placed in operative position on either side of the said web, the said rail being also constructed for arran ement into a second oierativeb 1 position on either side of the said web by inverting the rail, the said rail having two load-carrying heads, the top of the said web being wedge-shaped, the said heads of the rail having grooves fashioned to engage the said wedgeshaped top of the said Web whereby the head of the rail in operating position engages the top of the said web,

and means for securing the said rail to the Web in either of the positions of the rail.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

GEORGE W. MULLER. 

